The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1887-07-02
INSECTS AND PEST.

INSECTS AND PEST.
" There will be insects to combat this
month in garden and orchard. The on
ion maggot viii begin to work when the
young plants are large enough for hoe
ing. or little later il the onions have
made an early growth. The first sign
noticed viii be the dropping of onion
tops, and IL the maggot Is not stopped
each worm win move along the row,
taking every onion for one or two feet.
AS there may be more than on the first
plant, and ms the eggs may be deposited
very thickly over the field, they make
sad work, often taking whole rows in n
few days, or perhaps so reducing the
whole field AS TO make it the better way
to plowit up and devote Il to other crops.
Where they are but few. the only sure
way Is TO take the roots out rs soon rs
the tops begin TO wilt, and perhaps one
or two on each side of il in the row, and
take up the soil at least an inch in
depth. Remove this from the field en-
tircly and either devote it To the COM
post heap or TO such driving as will
kill the little maggot that does the mis-
chief. IL may be necessary To look over
lao ,feld twice day for a week or more
before all win be destroyed. But in no
other way can tho value of the field be
preserved as an onion field. The only
other remedy Is to devote it to grass or
other crops for three or four years and
grow no onions near il.
The cabbage fly can be driven away
by occasionally sprinkling the leaves
with fine tobacco, pulyerized sulphur
and plaster mixed together. For the
cabbage worm use solution OF saltpe-
tire nj the rate OF a quarter OF n pound
in two gallons OF water, with which
shower the plants literally. This is also
useful for destroying rose bugs, and liz
little of IL is used in watering cabbage
and tomato plants or melon hills il may
prevent the cut worm from attacking
them. For the currant worm powdered
hellebore Is n sure destroyer. aud il us
ed freely until after the currants blossom
the worms seldom appear later As lis
poisonous II should not be used after
the berries are grown. whcr II will
be necessary to depend upon
hand picking. The same caution should
be observed in regard to Paris green up
on tomato and egg plants for the des-
truction of the Colorado beetle. One
pound of the Paris green we'll mixed i'm
10 Il hundred weight of fine ground
plaster is the best method OF applying
that poison 10 the potato vines. or To
the above crops before the fruit forms.
TO destroy canker worms. stir table
spoonful Of Paris green into pail of
water. and with small force pump or
syringe thoroughly shower the tree.
TASTING CHILDREN usEoUALLr.
The habit of tasking the docile or
willing child unelually. sometimes in
dulgcd in b., busy parents. often leads
70 scrious results and lifelong regrets.
Tho weary s.othrr who casts about for
help Il not always discriminating as 20
its sources so Il comes. and the ODE
dent child often gets too heavily bur-
dcucd, and that without reflection ON
the pnrenis's part. IL l. right that
they should help mother. but let II be
an equal distribution OF tasks as far rs
II can be-
When quite young saw this so
forcibly illustrated IN the family of
ncighbor that never forgot 1t. 1t so
happened that the good child was
my fvorite among several. aud while
1 deprecated the situation IN childish
fashion. could not but admire her
nnsolhsh unconsciousnesso it.
Their means were limited and the
mother WAS so occupied with maternal
cares. aud withal so easy In disposition.
that her Injustice never seemed to oc-